The Basketball Court Swordsman

Kevin Durant can't believe it, he is likely to lose again.

"With the last 3 minutes left in the game, the Warriors are 12 points behind! We all know how powerful the Warriors' offensive firepower is. It seems that they can't be bothered by chasing 12 points in 3 minutes. But don't forget, in the system of Coach Henson The Pacers are the best defensive team in the league. Throughout the season, they have never lost 12 points in the last 3 minutes."

Mike Brin was shaking with excitement, and in 3 minutes, the results of the 2017-2018 season will be produced. Because now, the total score of the series between the Pacers and the Warriors is 3 to 3. This is a tiebreaker!

If the Pacers can bite down the last three minutes of the game, they will win the O'Brien Cup for the second year in a row!

Mike Brin couldn't help looking at Henson, the Chinese coach still stood calmly on the sidelines. He seems to have confidence in his team, but because of the Pacers' outstanding performance this year, Henson does have confidence in the capital.

At the beginning of the season, the Pacers did not have a good record because they experienced Chris Paul injuries.

Now, even with various badge bonuses, Henson could not completely prevent Paul from being injured. It can be seen that the physical condition of this former league's first point guard has begun to decline sharply.

People may have forgotten that Paul was badly injured once! It's not surprising that his injuries are coming out of old age.

But soon, the Pacers got back on track and played very happy.

Paul George is as stable as ever, and it is speculated that the Pacers will definitely keep George with a maximum salary this summer. Antetokounmpo's improvement continues, he averaged 22.9 points and 8.8 rebounds last season. This season, the numbers have become 26.9 and 10.0.

Of course, there are many other players who are equally good.

Kyle Kuzma, as the last rookie in the first round, was the first player in the 2017 class to score 30 points in a single game. Henson's draft shocked the entire league once again. Of course, among these, "Magic" Johnson must be the darkest person. Originally, that energetic No. 0 forward should belong to the Los Angeles Lakers.

Although Josh Hart's performance is also very good, but compared to Kuzma, it is still not amazing.

Siakam continues to grow, and his defense has improved a lot this year, and he has developed a certain amount of back attack ability. And, most importantly, Siakam is more confident than last season. Now Siakam doesn't talk about being popular, but he is definitely no longer an unknown person.

Oladipo, like Antetokounmpo, continues to improve. During Paul's injury, Henson had Oladipo play the starting number one for a period of time.

It has to be said that Oladipo's organizational ability and offensive ability need to be improved. But as long as you hand the ball to him, just wait to watch the bombing of the basket.

As for Lopez, Bogdanovic, "Fun Bifensen" and Danny Green, the four are stable and indispensable for the Pacers.

And last season's most unpopular Rookie of the Year winner Brogdon has not improved much this year, but he has still maintained his level without the embarrassing situation of "Rookie is the pinnacle".

Paul has experienced injuries, but the level is still there. To Henson, Paul is still one of the top point guards in the league.

In this way, Henson scored 68 wins in the regular season. Even though the Pacers still haven't won 70 wins this year, their 68 wins are 10 more games than the Golden State Warriors! It also has three more wins than the second-ranked Rockets in the league. In the East, this result is even more invincible.

The Toronto Raptors, second in the Eastern Conference, have only won 59 games this season. The difference between the first and second wins is almost 10 games.

In the playoffs, the Pacers continued to maintain a devastating offensive.

In the first round, the Pacers swept the Washington Wizards 4-0 and taught the young Wall a lesson.

Wait, Wall, who is 27 years old, doesn't seem too young. But after being in the Wizards for so long, this champion has never led the team to achieve any impressive results...

It seems that this summer, the rumors about Wall and Wizards transfer should be full of sky.

In the second round, the Pacers met the Cleveland Cavaliers ahead of time.

This season's Cavaliers have had a dismal performance, ranking fifth in the Eastern Conference in the regular season, and even won two games less than the Philadelphia 76ers. And the record of only 50 wins is also the worst record of a team with James since the 11-12 season.

But you have to know that the 11-12 season is a shrinking season...

The Cavaliers experienced a lot of personnel changes in the mid-season, Thomas, Wade and Rose three left the team. In the current Cavaliers formation, only James and Love can be called "giants". This is also the least number of stars in his team since James joined the Heat.

In the Eastern Conference semifinals, James averaged 34.0 points, 9.2 rebounds and 9.0 assists per game. He is still a great athlete. Unfortunately, the gap between the Cavaliers and the Pacers is too huge.

In this way, the originally ambitious Cleveland Cavaliers were swept 4-0 by the Pacers. And this is the first time LeBron James has missed the Eastern Conference Finals in 10 years!

There is no doubt that the rule of the first man in the alliance has ended here. LeBron James may never be the most dominant player in the league anymore.

Even if he cut down a stat that is almost a triple-double per game.

In the Eastern Conference Finals, in the face of strong resistance from the Celtics, Henson still swept it out 4-0. This is mainly because the Celtics hurt Hayward in the first game of the season and Irving in the playoffs, so the team can only rely on Tatum and Jaylen Brown to score. .

It is really easy for the Pacers to solve a team led by two young men. People fantasize about the battle between Celtics and Pacers, but it did not take place. One-sided slaughter cannot be called a great war.

So, for the second year in a row, the Pacers came to the finals. The Golden State Warriors are still strong, Durant, Curry, Green and Clay are still the best players in the league. Steve Kerr put away his arrogance and sarcasm this season, taking every game seriously.

In this way, the two teams reached the tiebreak and reached the last 3 minutes of the 2017-2018 season.

In the previous six games, both teams played very well, and they also played hard to distinguish. It can be said that both sides are similar in strength. Durant's personal ability is unquestionable, but the Pacers' team strength is also very strong.

The same was true for Game 7, but at the beginning of the fourth quarter, Henson took the lead in the five small team.

Tucker played at the fifth position, Antetokounmpo played at the fourth position, George at the third position, Oladipo at the second position, and Paul controlled. This lineup led a wave of offensive frenzy, and Tucker's tough defense also caused great trouble for the Warriors.

In this way, the Pacers widened the points difference to 12 points. Seeing Tucker's performance on the court, Bird admired it. In addition to admiring Tucker, he also admired Henson.

Last summer, when Henson said he could make Tucker play center, Bird couldn't believe it.

But it turns out that Henson's crazy idea worked again. This season, Tucker performed well in the fifth position. Whether it is defense or rebounding, he has not been dragged down by his height of less than 2 meters.

After that, Durant wanted to control the game, but Antetokounmpo's defense gave Durant a lot of pressure.

Last summer, he gave up nearly 10 million U.S. dollars to stay with the Warriors for the championship!

If you can't win this year, what's the point of taking 10 million less? That's 10 million dollars!

Durant gritted his teeth and chose the breakthrough after the fake shot. After jumping to the basket, facing Tucker's quick defense, Durantla made a layup and the basketball netted, reducing the point difference to 10 points.

Commentators from all over the world gave Durant praise. In everyone's opinion, Durant is the first player in the active league. This scorer is omnipotent, and today Te has scored 34 points on Antetokounmpo!

But Henson remained the same, standing quietly on the sidelines, looking like he was bound to win.

He believed that as long as Curry and Clay didn't explode in the last minute, Durant alone would not be able to exceed the 10-point difference.

So in the next few rounds, Durant frequently succeeded, but in contrast, Curry and Clay have no way to score.

Today, Curry shot just 8 of 24 and Clay shot 6 of 16. After these two guys were locked up by Henson, the Warriors' firepower became less terrifying.

Until the last 23 seconds, the Warriors were still 5 points behind. This time, Durant was double-teamed by Tucker and Antetokounmpo. Green stood outside the three-point line, but Durant was afraid to pass the ball. Because of this season's playoffs, Green's three-point shooting percentage is only 26.6%, very unreliable.

So Durant took the risk and passed the basketball to Curry! Only if this three-pointer continues to hit, the Warriors have theoretical hope of winning.

Chris Paul didn't take risks to fight for basketball, but tried to block Curry's shooting space from start to finish.

Henson said, he is still one of the best point guards in the league!

As a result, Curry's shots were made entirely under the severe interference of Paul. At that moment, Henson felt that his heart was about to jump out. Everyone worked hard for so long this season, but they couldn't be killed by Curry's last three-pointer.

After a "long" flight, the basketball finally knocked on the neck of the basket! Tucker strongly protected the rebound and only 10.2 seconds left before the end of the game! The Warriors fouled immediately and sent Tucker to the free throw line!

At that moment, all Indianapolis fans cheered! They believe that the Pacers cannot return their victory to the Warriors!

The moment the Warriors fouled, Henson immediately substituted. He replaced Antetokounmbo with Bogdanovic, which means that the five Pacers on the field made a high free throw percentage, and the Warriors couldn't move their brains.

After the change, Henson fell to the bench. On the surface, he was calm and composed, but in fact the shirt inside the suit was soaked with sweat. Henson couldn't believe what he would do if he failed.

Fortunately, the worst did not happen, and his players did not let him down. Not surprisingly, in a few more rounds, the Pacers will win the O'Brien Cup for the second consecutive year.

Henson let out a sigh of relief and looked at the dome of the Bankers' Life Arena.

Now, only the last lap is left!